The Black Horse Chords by Archie Fisher

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_ When I rode the grey horse that carried Merlin's name, I broke the wizard's curse to make the bold most troopers claim.
_ Again, I rode a lean grey in the mountains of the West, through hanging bog and quarry to Garry Gulloch's crest.
I've swung to many the saddle since on bay and chestnut too. _
But I will ride the black horse till I ride home to you.
_ And I will ride the black horse with a lurcher at his heel, from Lammermoor to Cheviot, and along by Teviot Dale,
_ across the windy Minshmoor and down through Liddesdale, and o'er the crag of Rubislough to Bowmont and to Kale.
_ For I will take the long track where every day is new, and I will ride the black horse till I ride home to you.
_ _ And I will ride the black horse all the summer long, to hear a distant echo join the chorus of a song.
_ And when I cross the Etrick or ford the Yarrow's flood, in the autumn woods of Tweeddale, I'll feel you in my blood.
And as the winter westerlies come howling through Trachwair, _ I'll turn his head into the wind to taste you in the air.
And when spring creeps o'er Sutra Hill, and nature loves anew, then I will mount the white horse and I'll ride home to you. _
[B] This morning I took the great north road, and since daybreak I've been making time.
And I've got nothing on my mind, nothing that I left [F#] behind.
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_ _ _ I've read lots [Em] of pretty poetry, but [B] the sweetest words I've ever known are simply that I'm going home, knowing that I'm [F#] going home. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ Although I've changed my [B] mind about bitter beer [G#m] and barley wine, [B] home, Rudale, [F#] will still taste good [B] to me. _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ I've seen the strangers' _ [B] faces, grow to friends [G#] in many [B] places, [C#] still the song where I can [G#m] hardly [F#] wait _ [B] to be.
_ For this morning I took the great north road, and since daybreak I've been making time.
And I've got nothing, _ _ _ nothing that I left [F#m] behind. _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ I've read lots of [E] pretty _ poetry, [B] but the sweetest words I've ever _ known are simply that I'm going home, knowing that I'm going [F#] home. _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ I've traveled every [B] byway, driven every [G#m] six-lane highway, _ [B] greeted every [F#] city with [B] a smile. _ _
_ [F#m] I _ [E] _ _ know I'll miss my [B] friends, but when this last [G#] long journey [B] ends, [C#] I'll be with the one that makes [B] it [F#] all [B] _
worthwhile.
_ For this morning I took [Em] the great north road, and [B] since daybreak I've been making time.
And I've got nothing [G#m] on my mind, _
[B] nothing that I left [F#] behind.
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_ _ _ I've read [Em] lots of pretty poetry, _ [B] but the sweetest words I've ever known are simply [C#] that I'm going [B] home, knowing that I'm [F#] going home. _
_ _ _ [C#m] I'm going home, [B] _
knowing that I'm [F#] going home. _ _ _
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